Name check
Is your company name already in the register? Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company in the KBO register already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector. Trademarks and domain names are checked separately.
“Demeter, Marcel”
An active company already has this name
The name is not unique in the register. In another sector the risk of confusion is smaller, but customers and search engines do not always make that distinction.
Also pick your activity to see whether a similar name exists in your own sector.
What this check does and does not say
- We compare against every name in the KBO register today: the name, the abbreviation and the trade names of enterprises and their establishments. Capitals, accents, punctuation and legal forms (bv, nv, srl, ...) do not count.
- This is not a trademark search and not legal advice on using the name. A name that is not in the register can still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the official registers of the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP, boip.int) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO, euipo.europa.eu).
- A domain name or a social media handle is also separate from the register.
Same or very similar names
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Manufacture of other wood products · since 1988
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since 1996
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Abbreviation of Internationale Handelmaatschappij Demeter NV · Rotterdam · since 1974
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Brussel · since 1993
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Specialist medical practice · Ukkel · since 1998
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Gent · since 1998
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Vermogensbeheer · Elsene · since 2018
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Turnhout · since 2015
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Veterinary services · Ronse · since 2011
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Growing of pome and stone fruits · Sint-Truiden · since 2003
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Other research and development on natural sciences · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2008
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Mixed farming · Anhée · since 2026
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Mixed farming · since 2012
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Meise · since 1984
Names that resemble it 50 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Mixed farming · since 1971
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since 1965
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since 1969
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Groothandel in behang, verf en woningtextiel · since 2021
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · since 1971
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since 2021
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Mixed farming · since 1971
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since 2014
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since 1971
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2022
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Roofing work · since 2025
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Armentières · since 1988
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since 1971
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since 1974
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 1989
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Advertising agencies · since 2023
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since 1988
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since 1998
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since 1974
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Insulation installation · since 2020
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Activities of building architects · since 1977
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Detailhandel in boeken · since 2012
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Zedelgem · since 2002
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Lendelede · since 2015
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1986
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since 1978
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Other personal services · since 1990
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since 1971
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since 2005
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Support activities for crop production · since 1976
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 1978
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Mixed farming · since 1982
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Activities of lawyers · since 1988
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Dental practice · since 1988
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since 2017
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since 1966
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2018
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Plumbing work · since 2025
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Other education · since 2018
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since 1988
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since 1975
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since 1978
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Mixed farming · since 1971
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since 1981
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since 1981
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Activities of lawyers · since 2025
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since 2015
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Cafés and bars · since 2006